Experience the Spring Festival: Asian New Year Celebrations in the Event Center, explore the new Museum of American Glass exhibit Emanation 2019 with a guided tour, create unique glass fused magnets in the Education Studio, discover the art of paper making, ceramic wheel-throwing, and glassblowing with special demonstrations, and more!

Schedule of Events

Mix and choose how to spend your day at WheatonArts! (Schedule is subject to change)

Museum of American Glass

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. – Collection exhibits and the new Emanation 2019 exhibit are open to the public11:30 a.m. – Director’s tour of Emanation 20192:30 p.m. – Guided tour of Emanation 2019

Down Jersey Folklife Center

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. – “The Old Masters: Buddhist Art & Pottery” exhibit is open to the public

Paper Studio

Education Studio

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. – Create your own glass magnet by fusing together pieces of glass! Cost is $10 per person (discounted for the Event). Register today at 856.825.6800 ext. 152.

Museum Stores & Café

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. – Museum Stores are Open11 a.m. to 3 p.m. – The new GateHouse Cafe is Open

Spring Festival: Asian New Year Celebrations

Join us in the Event Center from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.for a vivid introduction to the unique Asian
traditions associated with the celebration
of the Lunar New Year!

The festivities will begin with a Dragon Dance and a Lion Dance, as well as ceremonies welcoming the Year of the Wild Boar (also referred to as the Year of the Pig). Narrated music and dance performances will follow featuring Cambodian, Chinese, Vietnamese, Malaysian, and Indonesian Dances, along with musical performances on the Erhu (Chinese two-stringed fiddle) and the Yangqin (Chinese hammered dulcimer).

Special demonstrations of folk and traditional arts will be offered, providing unique experiences using old imagery with present-day creativity, including Chinese paper lanterns, paper cutting, brush painting, woodblock prints, calligraphy, and knotting; Vietnamese chainmail; Japanese origami; Filipino eggshell mosaics, palaspas, and baybayin writing; as well as Burmese weaving.

The “Spring Festival: Asian New Year Celebrations” is part of the Down Jersey Folklife Center’s “Near and Far: Arts and Cultures of East Asia” partnership program. Major support for this program is provided by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.

Please check this page for updates as the event gets closer. Thank you.

Event Details

EMANATION 2019, curated by Julie Courtney, will be on display April 2, 2019 – December

Event Details

EMANATION 2019, curated by Julie Courtney, will be on display April 2, 2019 – December 31, 2019 in the Museum of American Glass

Emanation 2019 is the third exhibition of contemporary art featuring new works developed and created by artists invited to utilize the resources and facilities at WheatonArts for experiment based exploration. The results are displayed with an emphasis on each artist’s creative process. As the site of creation, as well as the site of exhibition and related education programs, WheatonArts facilitates collaboration and partnerships with artists in a creative sanctuary that enables new ideas to emanate forth.